2007–08 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

In his fifth year as head coach, Ben Howland led the team to its third straight Final Four appearance.

Though the team was composed of many standout players, freshman center Kevin Love garnered much of the media's and school's attention with his .565 shooting percentage, 10.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 blocks, and 17.6 points per game.

1 in the West Regional bracket of the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

[6] After reaching the Final Four for the third year in a row, the Bruins lost to Memphis, the South Regional Champions.

On August 20, 2009, Memphis' 38 wins during the 2007–2008 season and Final Four appearances were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for the team's using an ineligible player, Derrick Rose.

UCLA's starting lineup of (left to right) Love, Shipp, Collison, Aboya, and Mbah a Moute.
Collison at the 2008 Pac-10 Championship game
Russell Westbrook in a game against USC
UCLA's Kevin Love on the perimeter at Pac-10 Championship game against Stanford at Staples Center, Los Angeles, 2008. Ben Howland and the UCLA bench looks on from the sideline.